Former United forward Hughes, whose Potters side take on Van Gaal’s men in the Boxing Day lunchtime kick-off at the Britannia Stadium, was quoted in a number of national newspapers as saying: “I don’t know what it’s like there now. This is not a head coach for Manchester United”.
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United has not won in six games, a run that stretches back to November 21, with defeats in its last three matches. The speculation that Fergie would be sacked was strong to the extent that Mark Robbins, who scored the only goal in Man United’s FA Cup third round win in January 1990 against Nottingham Forest, is now often referred to as the man who allegedly ‘saved the Scottish manager’s job’.
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“They have got good individual talent”.
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Rooney admitted a nightmare month has left United short on belief ahead of the trip to Stoke and back-to-back home matches against Chelsea and Swansea.
In a freaky turn of events, some of the Manchester United players fell asleep during their football match today.
Arnautovic was in more orthodox employment a couple of minutes later when bending his free-kick over United’s wall and only a yard wide of David de Gea’s right-hand post.
“We need to be at our best to win them”.
The Red Devils skipper has been in poor form throughout the season and Van Gaal has finally lost patience with a player he deemed undroppable at the start of his spell as Old Trafford boss.
The English worldwide will come up against one of the Premier League’s finest attacking midfielders, as Shaqiri has huge technical ability.
Full-back Glen Johnson pounced immediately on the mistake to square for Bojan Krkic and, with De Gea hopelessly stranded, the Spaniard kept his composure to pass the ball into the net despite the close attention of two United defenders.
Asked if the decision to leave out the 30-year-old was tactical, Van Gaal told Sky Sports: “Yes, of course”. “We have to stick together”. It is tough for the players to deal with. “We all have families and sometimes there’s a lot of stuff that gets written which is not nice for your family to see”, Rooney said. “We haven’t won games the last few weeks and it’s normal [that] confidence will be a bit low and we need to lift it”.
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Losing against Stoke this weekend could be catastrophic in that respect because if our players show no fight at all to overturn the current situation, then fans would have every right to be angry and frustrated.
